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Word: carpeted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...every right to criticize the conduct of varsity athletes who break training, but we also feel that he selected a very poor time to castigate the players. He has needlessly antagonized large numbers of squad members. Late November is a peculiar time to call erring football players on the carpet...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 12/1/1949 | See Source »

Over at the rival New Orleans States (circ. 96,228), anguished City Editor Walter Cowan called Society Editor Eva Stewart on the carpet. She had heard about the story, but had not gotten around to checking up on the prince. Cowan decided that it was not too late to start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Good Copy | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

Monro's men finally clicked in the second period and began to hold the game "on the carpet" in front of the Blue goal. After a brief Yale push to midfield, Wolf picked up the rebound of a long Drake boot and pumped...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Crimson Booters Shut Out Eli, 2-0 | 11/19/1949 | See Source »

...difficulties; they have gone undefeated in their last six games. Coach Guyda has commented on this rise in fortune with two explanations: the Yardings have finally learned to "beat the other team to the ball," and they have built up their passing game by "keeping the ball on the carpet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Freshmen Meet Yardling Soccer Squad | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

...freshman soccer team kept the ball "on the carpet"--as Coach Poley Guyda would say--for the first time this season yesterday as it shut out the Brown '53 squad, 2 to 0, on the Business School Field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Team Triumphs, 2-0 | 11/13/1949 | See Source »

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